CommandBar and DockingPanes

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   I'm attempting to create a windows forms application with a look similar to the one in Outlook though more simple. 

So I want a commandbar at the top and two panes side by side under the commandbar. 

I've created the comandbar with the designer and it looks as it's supposed to with icons and everything.

However, I'm having some problems with the two panes. I can make them appear side by side as intended but they are both docked to the top of the main form pushing my commandbar to the right.

The idea was for the commandbar to be docked to the top and have full form width and that gets ruined as soon as I add the panes.

Here is a text based example of what I'm trying to do, since I cannot use HTML here.

|---------------------------|
|.....commandbar.........|
|---------------------------|
|................|.................|
|..pane1....|..pane2.....|
|................|.................|
-----------------------------

Any suggestions?

/Aidal

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Aidal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aidal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CommandBar and DockingPanes Posted: 14 February 2007 at 7:44am
	I'm attempting to create a windows forms application with a look similar to the one in Outlook though more simple. So I want a commandbar at the top and two panes side by side under the commandbar. I've created the comandbar with the designer and it looks as it's supposed to with icons and everything. However, I'm having some problems with the two panes. I can make them appear side by side as intended but they are both docked to the top of the main form pushing my commandbar to the right. The idea was for the commandbar to be docked to the top and have full form width and that gets ruined as soon as I add the panes. Here is a text based example of what I'm trying to do, since I cannot use HTML here. \|---------------------------\| \|.....commandbar.........\| \|---------------------------\| \|................\|.................\| \|..pane1....\|..pane2.....\| \|................\|.................\| ----------------------------- Any suggestions? /Aidal

Jean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 December 2006 Status: Offline Points: 110	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jean Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 February 2007 at 8:32am
	Did you try this: DockingPane.SetCommandBars CommandBars ?

Aidal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aidal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 February 2007 at 2:57am
	If I do obj_MyDockingPane.SetcommandBars(obj_MyCommandBars); It has no effect other than an error message I get in form of a MessageBox with title "DockingPane" and the text "Member not found."

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 February 2007 at 4:47am
	Hi, May be this will help: http://www.codejock.com/support/articles/com/dockingpane/dp_3.asp
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Aidal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aidal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 February 2007 at 5:04am
	That helped Oleg, thanks for your time guys

Aidal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aidal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 February 2007 at 7:02am
	Hmm... it's helped on the alignment of the UI elements but I still get ithe MessageBox with title "DockingPane" and the text "Member not found."

Lee,Changu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 25 February 2007 Location: Korea, South Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lee,Changu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 February 2007 at 11:12pm
	Hi Aidal. If you are coding with .NET framework... I've suffered from the same problem, and I eventually found the answer. You can also be found the answer on frmMain.cs:313 of GUISample project in sample directory. You will be noticed that you should use CommandBars.GetDispatch() as a prameter of SetCommandBars () instead of CommandBars object. I convince that it must be helpful.

Aidal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aidal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 February 2007 at 3:06am
	Thanks for your reply Lee but I was already doing the Dispatch thing, so I don't think that is the problem. At the moment it's the actual "load form into pane" that is bugging me. I believe it's somwhere around here the problem is: ------------------------------------ private void axDockingPane1_AttachPaneEvent(object sender, AxXtremeDockingPane._DDockingPaneEvents_AttachPaneEvent e) { switch (e.item.Id) { case ID.ShortCutPane: if(this.FormPaneA == null) { this.FormPaneA = new FormPaneA(); } e.item.Handle = this.FormPaneA.Handle.ToInt32(); break; } } ------------------------------------ Another thing is that, as mentioned earlier I have 2 panes side by side. The right pane (which is supposed to change contents accordng to what's selected in the left pane) doesn't fill out the rest of the form as it should, it stops about 2cm from the right form edge. But still, loading forms into my panes is my main priority at this moment. /Aidal

Aidal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aidal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 February 2007 at 8:49am
	Ok, so I figured out how to load the form into the pane. Turns out I was using a wrong ID for the pane. I still have the problem with the right pane (of the two panes) still won't fill the rest of the form, but stops about 2 cm from the right edge. Another thing I cannot seem to find a clear description of is how to add ShortcutBarItem(s) to a ShortcutBar. The samples that comes with the suite installation are messed up, so I cannot use them.

Aidal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 February 2007 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aidal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 February 2007 at 9:03am
	Nevermind...

tioadji Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 February 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote tioadji Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2007 at 4:49am
	DockMain.SetCommandBars(Me.CommandBars_Main.GetDispatch)